All American vs. WP Engine
Thinking about WP Engine? Read this first.
WP Engine’s Essential (1 site) plan is advertised at $28.00/mo, which takes a 12-month prepay with a first-year coupon ($336), and renews at $35.00/mo. Here’s how that stacks up.
| Detail | All American Frontier | WP Engine Essential (1 site) |
|---|---|---|
| Plan compared | Frontier | Essential (1 site) |
| Advertised price | $22/mo billed yearly ($30 monthly) | $28.00/mo with a 12-month prepay with a first-year coupon ($336) |
| Price at renewal | $22/mo. Unchanged. | $35.00/mo (+25%) |
| Websites | 25 | 1 (extra sites $20/mo each) |
| Storage | 100 GB NVMe, shared by your sites | 10 GB, 25,000 visits/mo, 75 GB bandwidth |
| Backups | Daily, kept 30 days, included | Daily, included |
| SSL | Free on every domain, forever | Free |
| Migration | Free, done for you | Free migration plugin |
| Money-back guarantee | 30 days, monthly or yearly | Not stated on the current plans page |
| Bring your own (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho) | Not provided |
Add-ons offered at WP Engine’s checkout: Smart Plugin Manager $120/yr · Global Edge Security $420/yr · Site Monitoring $60/yr · “Overages may apply”
The difference
Why people switch from WP Engine.
25 sites for less than their one
WP Engine Essential is $35/mo for a single site, capped at 25,000 visits and 75 GB of bandwidth, with extra sites at $20/mo. Frontier is $22/mo billed yearly for 25 sites with unmetered bandwidth and no visit caps.
Security is included, not a $420 add-on
A web application firewall, network-wide attack blocking and malware scanning come with every plan.
Safe updates included
WordPress updates are checked after they run and rolled back automatically if they break your site. No paid plugin manager needed.
Not only WordPress
Run Laravel, Drupal, static sites or custom PHP 7.4 to 8.5 alongside WordPress, with SSH, cron and database tunnels.
Frontier
The closest match to WP Engine Essential (1 site), at a price that holds.
- 25 websites
- 100 GB NVMe storage, shared by your sites
- Always-on PHP, no cold starts
- Daily backups, kept 30 days
- Firewall rule controls
- Cron jobs as often as every minute
GoDaddy, Bluehost, WP Engine, SiteGround and Hostinger are trademarks of their respective owners, who are not affiliated with and do not endorse AllAmericanHosting.com. Prices are as published on each company’s website, checked September 27, 2026, for the plans named, before taxes and fees, and may have changed since. Monthly figures after the intro term use each plan’s published renewal price, plus its published daily-backup add-on where daily backups are not included, before taxes and domain fees. All American figures assume yearly billing.
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